Arthur Scarf’s Victoria Cross
On 9 December 1941, Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf completed a supreme act of valour for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. Scarf’s Victoria Cross was …
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The Avro Vulcan: Part 3
On 1 May 1982, Britain woke up with the message by the BBC World Service that the Royal Air Force has bombed Port Stanley airport on the …
Avro Ansons vs Messerschmitt 109s, Dunkirk 1940.
In his latest blog Ewan Burnet, our Film and Sound Curator, examines how personal stories can bring official histories alive.